encroachment

[en-krohch-muhnt]

noun

1. an act or instance of encroaching.

2. anything taken by encroaching.

Other Word Forms

• nonencroachment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of encroachment¹

1425–75; late Middle English encrochement < Anglo-French. See encroach, -ment

Example Sentences

Now, fires, drought and human encroachment on their habitat are driving them into wealthy suburbs.

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But that would ban exports the president has already judged to pose no security risk—a dangerous encroachment on the president’s foreign-affairs power.

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Inside the company, signs of Amazon’s encroachment didn’t go over well.

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Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, condemned Wednesday's ruling as "yet another encroachment on the jurisdiction of the government and parliament".

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The encroachment from prediction markets poses a threat to traditional sportsbooks, which are governed in accordance with state gambling laws.

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Related Words

• inroad 
• intrusion 
• invasion